THIS Used To Be Our Poop! | Transforming Human Waste Into Healthy Soil | Humanure Compost 

I agree. I've been living off the grid for 8 years in North Carolina, composting humanure and fertilizing our fruit trees with it. Composting humanure and collecting rainwater are probably the two biggest factors making me feel self-reliant. Gotta close that poop loop! Cheers

When my daughter decided to convert a school bus to RV with a composting toilet, I was intrigued. This is amazing and interesting.

Open minds=open opportunities. Well done. Love how y’all really do your research and share.

Close the Poop Loop! Love it, this was such an awesome video. I now understand fully why it works. I’ve been reading a lot lately about soil health and soil building and I came across the term “green water.” That is the amount of water the soil can hold based on the amount of “interstices” (word of the day), spaces that are available for water retention. Spongy organic matter is one of the biggest contributors for this in the soil and the more organic matter you have, the more evenly the soil can absorb the water. My mind was blown. Thank you for making this video. I can’t wait to see the difference after a few years on this space you are building up. Great job! ~ Katie

You are an example of sustainability!

humbs up for the dung beetles playing football with the dung at the end! Pretty cool to harvest your first batch.

I laughed so hard at "I can't wait to cover this whole place in my feces" 😂

Nice coverage of this topic my friends! I like that "closing the poop loop" idea!

I moved myself to the high desert of New Mexico to live in the desert to help stop desertification. To build the land and to build the soil. If we keep establishing these little oasis in the desert, soon we can turn back the time on the damage our previous generations did to the land.

I don't know why but the closing the poop loop comment got a burst of laughter.

That is going to make your food forest Flourish. Great video

This is the best video I’ve seen on Green Dream Project love what your dining with your 💩💩

Awesome information. I had no idea. Ty

Pee pal or scientific term - Ficus religiosa is a tree you need. if you grow a couple of them around your house, for two years you have enough moisture around under the trees that you dont need to water the compost.... Plus the reduction of heat upto 5 to 8 degrees Celsius. because of the size however mind you they grow over 40 meters tall with 100 meter square area when fully grown and dont need water once they are two to three years old. and they produce a lot of leaves so you dont need to buy the straw... and can use the dried broken leaves as a substitute. also in Indian subcontinent it is known as rain maker tree as they store the moisture in the soil from the rain...and they recharge the water table...

Lol, Crew didn't seem too impressed!

Mosy AZ soil is futile in most places. My Great grandpa homesteaded a lot of land and ran irrigation throughout the land and had giant crops and multiple harvest because of long warm seasons. They just don't have water everywhere to farm it.

Some of the moisture besides just the process is worm piss which is liquid gold

Great video guys, loved it alot. You took it up a notch! Who knew that talking sh*t could be a positive thing :)

Kudos ! Just wanta mention that in general, straw isn't recommended for this, at least at the initial compost toilet stage, u want a denser, more absorbent material such as sawdust, peat moss, & I can't remember what else, like, if coconut coir qualifies ( as that may be more readily available in AZ ?).. . I'm no expert, & don't have a lot of experience yet, just want to pass onn what I learned, and as I have VERY extensive experience w straw & manure, from my dairy farm background...I can attest that it's not the most absorbent & gets slimey, or stinky easily compared to other things. But congrats, seems to be working well in your context !

Your best video by far! I think you gained professor status!

After WWII, my parents were stationed in Japan. The farmers collected waste, solid and liquid, and spread it around the plants. It was transported to the fields in wheeled wooden tanks called "honey wagons" GI's were forbidden to consume local food due to the prevalence of hepatitis among locals at that time. Disease should not be a problem if the only material introduced is your own.

Awesome! Those worms and grubs would give the chickens a good boost and some enrichment. 👍 💩

The worms know where the good stuff is.

I love watching dung beetles.

If you take the worms and add to your last pile they will help to break down the waste faster. Good luck

if you want your compost to do it faster with less work get red wigglers what would take a year would be a lot faster and better soil

Amazing. It looks and smells like chocolate

I am sure 19th century people used this even if they dug out houses this would still benefit the land.

After pathogen killing composting is performed (hot composting) the human manure should be treated with cobalt 60 or similar radiation source to help ensure .. ALL .. pathogens are killed.

This is great Jim. You’re giving me the courage to talk about our dirty little secret. Lol. It’s time people see it actually not dirty but something really great!😁❤️ Great video!!!

Gotta tellya guys ..thats exciting stuff ..i.d say poofect ..😍😁pip pips and carryon

ok i understand your point on this its fine but i do have one question . why did you just put in a septic system did the composting not work out ?

Nice

Theres a way to pen in , lets say goats or sheep or any kind of livestock .. But you isolate there living conditions for a week feed them alot. Let them deficate all in the enclosed area for a week. Or a week and ahalf. Then relocate the fenced in area to another.... Now you just fertalized an entire section of your land ....buy them specifically for this task then you can sell em super healthy ....now you just fertilized your entire land without your compost

Quick question... I was wondering how deep it is to drill for water there and is it just sand?

Are those African dung beetles?

Pinkeye! If you tried this in Florida it would stink forever and the county would give you a big frownie face!

If people see human manure they might want to eat a frutarian diet with tender green leafy vegetables. Whatever gets more people to use your own 💩 to grow 🌱🌾🌿☘🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍍🍓🍒🍐🍏🍎🥭🥝🍅🥥🥑🥔🥕🥦🥬🌽

You should reach out to "GOOD SIMPLE LIVING" & explain the benefits to composting humanure. Great video 👍 today.

I feel like a piece of s*** for my previous post. Having watched your video for the second time. Truth is your wife explains in detail a better solution for waste. Nevertheless curious question? During Q&A why the shit pillow in the background ?

The little bugs are saying Mine Honey I'm bringing home diner

Id bury it and um have compost toilet with one side with hole after few months the stuff is shoved down said hole next to toiletand toilet empty again as way of reducing buildupyes we do my son asked where does it go aged two or three. I saw anothe guy use pine needles. Um in alps we had just toilet but stuff just went out into pathway. I think it needed fixing with wooden wall. It was outside, with composting bin next to toilet. Id bury it hot cmposting kils everything. Isrselites were commanded to bury it outside the camp.walnuts. Its bow they used to do it in olde days they used to take cart sround city collecting waste then carting it off to be composted. Um city state in new yotk does this i think under city they treat sewage take it away in tanker and to garden centre where it gets composted, so i dont know why they forbid it they make money out of it! Its a "misthaufen."

I love the interspersed view of your resident dung beetles!

You two are adorable, and more importantly, educating people! - Lots of love from Ireland! :-)

Waste is just something you haven’t figured out how to use.

Egg shells and bones take a looooong time to break down. This year, I've started grinding up my egg shells before putting in the compost (or directly on the ground)

Loving the extra editing and education guys! Very informative :D

Oh my God, man.... I guffawed like 5 times... "I can't wait until i can cover this land in my own feces"

I loved this one. Close the poop loop. Can't wait to cover this land in my own feces. Hah. Keep em coming and I loved the shots of the ding beetles.

That was POOPTASTIC!!! Thanks for sharing.

Those beetles are really impressive little engineers.

Hi guys, Nicely done! I am definitely a big fan of composting toilets. I have one on my sailboat. It is absolutely amazing! Soooo many benefits and really no appreciable downsides. If I could put one in my house I would but code doesn't allow for it. As an aside, I recently went on a tour of a stage 2 advanced water processing plant in San Jose that takes treated wastewater from the standard municipal wastewater treatment plant and treats it to higher than drinking water standards. It was pretty amazing! Unfortunately they are prevented from using this water strictly due to peoples' misinformed "ick reaction." So here during an 8 year long drought with severe water restrictions in place people would rather bury their heads in the sand and die of dehydration than bother to become educated. The pilot program's biggest challenge has nothing to do with their technology- that works perfectly. Their biggest hurdle to making this commonplace is peoples' irrational fears of what they choose not to understand. Sad. Ok, rant mode off... Take care, be well and all the best from California 💛

Just thought of something my grandmother used to fo was throw the empty eggshells back in the coup with them. Supposed to make their next bunch of eggs stronger.

Hi Jim and Jessica , I'm all about Pooh . I really liked this one ❤️

I've used tree bark anything that was on the ground to mix in with my compost a good bit of leaf cardboard boxes scrap wood sawdust depends on where I was at it always turned into church from my garden and still does I live in Oregon now

Keep the poop in the loop! I leave my humanore compost to break down by worms for three years. By then it's pure wormcastings. Every year I get this beatiful material to use on my beds. It gives nutrients to my vegetables, wich I eat... Great video! 💚

I screen my finished compost and whatever chunks are left go in the new compost!! Theres a corn cob or 2 that I swear have been in there 5 years!!!!! 🥗🥗🥗

Excellent! You're doing a wonderful service to you homestead.❤

That beatle is happy as fuk with his new fresh used cheese burger in paradise you gave him...

I can't believe I've just sat and listened to someone talking Crap for 16 minutes lol. Great videos you guys are making. Seen acres of your videos in the past never had a look as there's so much click bait on RU-vid that puts me off from watching people's videos, but your simple septic system got my attention and I'm glad I had a look to see. There was a family hear in the UK around 15 years ago that went sort of off grid and had a TV series called "It's not easy being green" and it was fantastic. Might I suggest you collect and use your pee-urine to further break down your compost and straw, as it's very high in natural nitrogen. 👏👏👍 Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos now.

Pretty cool! Can’t wait to see how things grow. Was that bug pushing a little ball of 💩 though?

Love you channel and your thoughtful ways of life but really you being brave and saying this lifestyle is good for you

couple of thoughts, as you have warmer weather would you consider making a digester for your human waste to make methane gas for cooking, also if your compost is maturing for a year why not plant squashes in the pile

Your videos are so engaging and interesting, You're so genuine, and makes me laugh, nice work!!

In the world, we can eliminate all kinds of crises with these kinds of simple solutions. The happy and peaceful life lies in simple things. The moment we disconnected nature and eco-living, the world's mental health gets worst. You guys bringing great awareness. Be Blessed!

Loving your desert igloo! ❤️🍻👍❤️

This was a good show! 👍🏽 very informative and open my eyes 👀

So inspiring! We have been using humanure toilets for over two years here at 42 Spirts. It makes so much sense!

Black gold, so exciting!

wonderful! 😇😀

👍👌🇨🇦❤, Jim, stop playing with the end results, animal waste I can handle, human, not so much 🤔😉🤣, there are just somethings you don't reveal, Jim just found Hoffa, or what is left

Hey guys I've been watching your channel for a while but don't think I've ever commented until now because I don't know anything about dirt bag houses but now your talking about something I can comment on So I'm about to move into a camper/rv while I build my house and while I've never used a composting toilet...I have thought about installing 1 in my camper because the amount of water that is wasted flushing toilets is crazy not to mention the nearest dump station is quite a ways also just stop for a minute and break it down...for every house in America there's atleast 1 flushing toilet and in some 2-3 flushing toilets ok now think about how many times a day those toilets get flushed and how many gallons per flush...now think about this the water that most of those toilets use is potable water the same water that runs through you kitchen faucet...clean drinkable water that's being flushed down the toilet So to me yeah it might be a slight inconvenience to dump/clean/change sawdust wood chips etc but the amount of water saved would be astronomical So my choice for my camper will be composting toilet and may incorporate atleast 1 composting toilet into my home but bottom line is the way things are changing environmentally...we all may all be using them in the near future because severe drought or the grid goes down...

Wheat or oat straw not readily available a few years now for retail sales. May be related to shortage of livestock feed nationwide. I do humanure in a wheelie bin design from G. Lawton permaculture. Also do a second cycle in pallet compost bin. I have same climate as you here n Apache county. You two inspire me!

Good video. You would need to heat it up good to kill the bacteria I would think, and also it would have to come from a healthy person, yes? Living in a cold climate this would be difficult and if a person takes a lot of medications maybe it would not be a good idea?

This video was absolutely fascinating I live in London in the UK I have seen some documentaries about people building houses in London with composting toilets which they use the waste on their garden so is not impossible for it to be used in the cities. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK .

I can see getting a tiller out there, do some rows and mix compost in with natural soul, plant some fruit trees in those rows and have an orchard of sorts. 😊😊😊😊

Nice talk about shit or brown gold! A great video about living in harmony with nature.

🕊🌬🖤You live my dream.... amazing people!!! 🌳

Did you add the worms or are there actually wild worms that live out there in the desert?

those tumble bugs are really having a " ball" lol we had an outdoor toilet for years, not much fun when it's 0 outside. so when it was that cold we kept a 5 gallon bucket in the house and lined the rim with news paper so we didn't get a permanent ring around our butt. lol

Those dung beetles were awesome! The poop compost not so much! Lol!

Great video! Subscribed to your channel and enjoying all this awesome info here!! 🤩🙌

Try building a DIY rotating PVC hand trommel like they use for prospecting or to separate lead from a gun range backstop, to separate out the finished compost from the non-broken down items. Then you can use the compost directly and put the non-broken down materials back into a new compost pile with additional inputs. It's easily done with some quarter inch hardware cloth and a bunch of pvc components and can even fold up for storage and transport. Several plans exist online and here on YT.

Do you have to turn this compost like you do regular compost bins? It seems to be doing a really good I hope you great success with it. The question everybody wants to ask which one of you had worms. Lol just kidding.. great job guys 👍

You guys brought up a bunch of great points on how beneficial this system is. I’m still not sold on using it in our garden. It for non eatables I am totally down with. Great job.

We've been doing Humanure for 5 years now and it works fantastic. Please read the book The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins first !!!

Works are good for airation. I can’t remember the name of these beetles but I remember them from a term paper I did in 9th grade.

Those weeds next to the human manure is loving the poop juice. I could be wrong.

What about useing poo 💩 for heat.. turning it into coal like substances i know it can be done just dont know how

Modern society does everything backwards,,its why we're full of sickness and poping pills . What an amazing life ,,kudos to yous both .

I believe this type composting is totally useful. The problem falls on the individual taking medicinal substances that end up being excreted then put in the humanure compost and eventually in the water table somewhere downstream. There has been no mention of said Studies in most composting Humanure DIY tutorials. Many things will decompose but after the composting is at completion there needs to have studies done to ensure clean compost if your trying to achieve true organic compost for the purpose of growing food. Again you run into What is "safe" PPM/PPG/PPP-(Parts per million, Parts per gallon, Parts per pound)? and who will "say" what is considered "safe" . I'm no expert but because I've been a heart patient. I take particular medicines that I would question if I wanted that in my compost thru humanure processes. Just food for thought and plant a few seeds--

Hi there, I live in a place that unfortunately is forbidden because the neighbors made and gave a lot of flys. Whether it's on the covered part of my backyard or inside the house, is there any way to compose my poop in a closed/sealed box? What would you have to do? Put extra bacterias? Put a humidifier in it? - A oxygenator? Helppp God bless u guys ❤️🙏🏼

i know the taboo thing is quite difficult......im using urine as fertlilizer but i have too do it secretly...bcs my family will definitely think its weird...eventho im the one eating the veg...id really like to try composting poop but maybe once i get my own property

For my composting toilet, I save & allow to dry all my coffee grounds &teabag "innards". I am still in the beginning of composting. Maybe a small compost pit from a single old lady...

Hey I'v been a Raw Vegan going on 4 years and I just wanted to say If y'all really serious about wanting to help out the environment like y'all say don't just recycle your poop for clean healthy soil and stop killing animals for food too because killing animals for food is not environmentally friendly thing to do.

So a couple of silly questions. Does Cochise County have any reporting requirements or permits for this? I know that they still require the Septic system for occupancy. Do you add your dogs droppings to your pile as well?

We have a septic for our black water. But do greywater for our plants. Just don’t get enough rain for living off rainwater. But we do harvest rainwater.

Have Down Spout of Roof go directly into spray painted black water tank.Raise tank up putting top hole directly under down spout do plumbing to next tank then repeat process by adding A tank. Are any water tanks able to be raised up as high up off ground possible

I hate to be “that guy,” but this guy’s in-ground barrel toilets might save a bit of hauling. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KcAMXm9zITg.html Throw in soldier fly larvae to aid in further mass reduction while increasing bulk protein per acre just by letting them go through their life cycle

I appreciate Jess breaking it down for us, great background music too lol 😂🎵